If It Ain't Broke....

it's probably not in our house.

After more than five years of looking, our family found the house we wanted last fall. We had a very specific set of criteria: plenty of interior space, big yard, Rye Neck schools. We wanted to find something that was under priced because it needed work. Our first two homes required remodeling and we can do most of it ourselves, so a project house was just what we were after.

So far the following have broken:
- clothes dryer (washing machine broke just before closing, so we got a brand new free)
- multiple pieces of facing from the kitchen cabinets
- stove (three days before Thanksgiving)
- playroom door (literally fell off into my arms)
- sliding door in laundry room
- one kitchen drawer
- several gutters and downspouts
- two mirrors

This list excludes the leaks, comically uneven floors, and drafty doors you can't avoid in a 158-year old house. If it ever really snows this winter, I expect the garage will collapse.

It's a great house.